Modelling and computation of liquid crystals
Wei Wang, Lei Zhang, Pingwen Zhang
Abstract
Liquid crystals are a type of soft matter that is intermediate between crystalline solids and isotropic fluids. The study of liquid crystals has made tremendous progress over the past four decades, which is of great importance for fundamental scientific research and has widespread applications in industry. In this paper we review the mathematical models and their connections to liquid crystals, and survey the developments of numerical methods for finding rich configurations of liquid crystals.
Topics & Concepts
IsotropyComputationLiquid crystalStatistical physicsComputer scienceMaterials scienceSoft matterPhysicsChemistryOpticsAlgorithmPhysical chemistryOptoelectronicsColloidLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationAdvanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems